Five men in academic gowns sit on lawn benches by the Hoffman Memorial Library. Two books are piled on each bench arm in the foreground; one of the men holds a paper or pamphlet. They appear to be in the midst of an informal class or seminar.

Harvey Fite working with students in Orient Hall, which at that time housed the art and theater departments. Students are identified from left as: Sally Martin, Guy Robinson, and Nancy Levin. Orient was destroyed by fire in April of 1955.

Shown here at work in his studio, Stefan Hirsch was one of a number of emigre intellectuals at Bard who enriched the curriculum in the 1930s and 1940s, and provided a sound basis for the 'progressive' label that had come to be associated with a...

Another image of Stefan Hirsch at work in his studio. Hirsch was one of a number of emigre intellectuals at Bard who enriched the curriculum in the 1930s and 1940s, and provided a sound basis for the 'progressive' label that had come to be...